The UK Ministry of Defence has invested up to £400 million ($767 million) over the next ten years in the Anglo-Portuguese Tekever AR5 Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) under Project Corvus. The initial order will be for six AR5 drones, with…
The UK Ministry of Defence has announced a series of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) programs. The UK Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard MP, made the announcement at the Global Air and Space…
Yeovil-based Leonardo UK has been selected for a £1 billion ($1.88 billion) UK Ministry of Defence contract for New Medium Helicopters (NMH). The contract, for 23 AW149 helicopters, makes Yeovil the Italian company’s company’s global centre for military helicopter production and exports, which…
UK Magazine Flight International reports that Mount Manganui-based Syos Aerospace is to equip the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) with its SA2 and SA7 quadcopter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UASs). The company will also provide the NZDF with its SM300 uncrewed…
The UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) has shortlisted seven companies to develop Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) designs to operate alongside British Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. The UK ordered 50 Apaches in 2024 and all have been delivered. Under…
Adelaide-based submarine battery manufacturer PMB Defence is partnering with BAE Systems in the United Kingdom to enable the potential integration of its advanced nickel-zinc battery system into the design of the future conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered SSN-AUKUS submarines. PMB will also supply…
The UK Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Spearhead program has rapidly developed three autonomous testbed platforms, CETUS, PROTEUS, and SCYLLA, to enhance the service’s ASW capabilities. A collaboration between the Royal Navy, defence industry, and research organisations the ASW Spearhead…
The UK’s industry, innovators and investors will benefit from a new partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD), making it easier and more attractive to do business with the Department than ever before, says the UK MoD. This new…
The UK Ministry of Defence has declared operational its first-of-a-kind StormShroud autonomous Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), based on lessons learned in Ukraine. The UK MoD says StormShroud will fly alongside crewed aircraft in frontline missions to knock out or blind…
UK company BAE Systems has developed innovative new approaches in the production of energetics and propellants to strengthen artillery supply chain resilience for the UK and its allies. These developments will deliver a sixteen-fold increase in production capacity of 155mm…